Biostar is readying a mid-range motherboard in its T-Series lineup based on AMD's upcoming 890FX + SB850 chipset. The T-Series TA890FXE was pictured at the ongoing CeBIT event without its cooling assembly. It supports existing and upcoming socket AM3 processors, including Phenom II X6. The CPU is powered by a 5+1 phase VRM, supporting 140W processors. The 890FX chipset gives out four PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots supporting ATI CrossFireX technology, apart from two legacy PCI slots. The SB850 southbridge gives out six SATA 6 Gb/s ports, of which five are internal, probably one external. An additional storage controller by VIA drives the lone IDE connector. 7.1 channel HD audio, gigabit Ethernet, and FireWire make for the rest of it. The TA890FXE is expected to be out later in April, when AMD unveils its latest processors.

Doesn't look good for the X6 chips if all these mobo's have 140watt capacity...

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most demo boards dont have pics of the heatsink. please read the title where it says "Biostar readies..." meaning its not done yet.

eh? thats a standard 8 pin CPU AUX connector, been around for many many years.

140W capacity doesnt mean its just for the x6 chips, could be for OC'ers as well. there are older chips (phenom I/II) that also use over 100W at stock, so it could be for backward compatibility as well.